The Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, Inc. (SJF) was incorporated in 1992 and is owned by the Saskatoon Jazz Society. The mandate of SJF is to stage an artistically significant annual Festival of jazz and related music.

SJF is governed by a board of directors and employs a permanent staff of three. Approximately two hundred volunteers are recruited each year for the ten days of the Festival.

SJF is a non-profit organization and a registered charity.
                               
Mission
The Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. is an international jazz festival that fosters, promotes and presents jazz music in its diverse forms to the people of Saskatchewan.  The festival provides opportunities for the professional development of Saskatchewan musicians and a variety of educational experiences for the people of Saskatchewan.

Vision
That Saskatchewan people enjoy opportunities to be involved with jazz in a festival of music that is recognized internationally because of its high quality performances to capacity audiences, financial self-sufficiency, sense of community ownership and cultural impact.

Board of Directors

Lyle Bolen                             President
Paulette Traynor                  Vice President
Spencer Early                       Past President
Dave Nielsen                       Treasurer
Rod Robertson                    Secretary

Roberta Laird                       Member
Sheldon Corbett                  Member
Bob Eaton                             Member
Jeff Park                                Member/Saskatoon Jazz Society liaison
Louis Christ                          Member
Irene Seiferling                    Member
Brian Storey                          Member
Heather Griffith                     Member